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Carmen M. Cusack earned a PhD in criminal justice, specializing in behavioral science, from Nova Southeastern University where she originated the course Animals in Criminal justice. She earned a JD from Florida International University. She is the author of Pornography and the Criminal Justice mostrar mais System. mostrar menos

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Animals and Criminal Justice by Carmen M. Cusack is a very informative book that touches on many of the intersections between animals and the criminal justice system as a whole. This includes definitions of terms, legislation, animals as used in and as the target of crime fighting and many of the more subtle but legally important aspects of the topic.

While the book is easily accessible to the lay reader it can often seem dry. This is partly the nature of writing about anything where it intersects with legal systems, and there is absolutely a plural here. In the US we have national, state and local laws as well as different approaches within each of those levels. Cusack does a fine job of trying to be as exhaustive as possible in an area that is always changing.

This should appeal to anyone interested in animal welfare, criminal justice and all of the myriad ways these can come together. While I enjoyed reading the book as a whole I believe its larger value is as a quick reference for those who periodically need an idea of what the law says about a particular aspect of the topic. I also think this would be a valuable writer's aid for any fiction writers who might want to portray any animals in their stories interacting with the criminal justice system.

Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via Edelweiss.
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pomo58 | May 7, 2016 |

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Obras
9
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20
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Avaliação
4.0
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1
ISBN
22